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Man charged in slayings of Oklahoma deputies has criminal record in Dallas County

Ezekiel Gilbert Ray Holbert, who is accused of killing two sheriff’s deputies in Oklahoma has a criminal record in Dallas County. He was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and assault causing bodily injury in 2002, according to an Associated Press story.

According to the story:

WEWOKA, Okla. — A man accused of killing two deputies who were trying to arrest him grinned and chuckled to himself as he appeared in court Monday and learned prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty.

With his hands and ankles shackled, Holbert appeared to wince as a deputy helped him to his feet to answer the judge’s questions. One of his eyes was blackened and swollen. Armed deputies escorted Holbert into the courtroom and stood behind him during the brief hearing.

No attorney appeared with Holbert, and District Attorney Chris Ross said he had not yet requested a court-appointed lawyer.

Holbert also faces three counts of shooting with intent to kill. Ross alleges that Holbert fired shots at two other officers and a woman who lives across the street.

The woman, 22-year-old Jenifer Bowen, had just returned from a walk with her two children when a bullet hit her arm and entered her chest, said her mother-in-law, Janet Bowen. She was in serious condition, according to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

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